Not sure I see the point of the Fantasy Feud. I guess it’s just for fun for you guys and that’s fine. Later in the year I guess it will be more interesting.

Have you ever kept the stats of the POD starters? I would be more interested if every week you guys would choose a POD pitcher for your team and added up those stats throughout the year.

I guess I just think there’s a lot of risk to the POD strategy and am not really convinced that the reward outweighs the risk, especially in leagues like mine with innings caps. If you tracked a starter/week and then compared each of your totals as the season went on, it would be very informative and shed some light on the effectiveness of the strategy.

Todd, we did keep track of PoD stats over the last couple of seasons… that is to say, some 411 HoF’ers volunteered to do it in various capacities. What we found was that the overall performace of our PoD starters was generally at or slightly below league average, but we got enough wins and K’s out of it that, when complemented with a big-time offense and bullpen, it’s definitely a viable strategy. And remember that it’s a very low-investment, (potentially) high-return approach, because it emphasizes relacement level talent off the waiver wire, rather than paying to acquire via draft picks or trades.

Sorry, accidentally must have submitted. Here is the rest:
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W. Rodriguez (1 Win, 7 IP, 1.29 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, 7 K)
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J. Saunders (1 Win, 5.33 IP, 3.38 ERA, 1.69 WHIP, 1 K)
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Overall the stat line is not phenomenal, but I have 4 wins, 1 save, and decent K/9. Also, Wellemeyer’s line was actually 1.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP until they reversed a scorekeeper’s error call and changed it into a hit. Additionally, Villaneuva had a 1.50 ERA, 0.84 WHIP until the 7th inning of his game, where he gave up something like five straight hits until being pulled. So overall, pretty flukey result to get stuck with the horrible ERA and WHIP. Had that not happened, I would have a team POD as follows:
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2.43 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 4 Wins, 1 Save, 27 K / 33.33 IP
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Oh well, I know you can’t really cut that out of the stats. But I got shortchanged a little, and feel like that kind of bad luck will even out over the course of the season. I would have trotted them out there again if I had to make the decision today!
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Tonight, I’ve got Washburn going for me, as well as Greinke (who I won’t count in these stats, since he’s not a POD for me). Come on, the Royals have an absolutely horrible offense at this point. And it’s at Safeco. The downside has to be pretty minimal.

I’m also keeping track of my pitch or ditch stats this year. In 4 different leagues ranging from 12-16 teams (but only counting each appearance once even if I threw the same pitcher in multiple leagues), In 22 Games started, I’ve accumulated 95 K in 129.3 IP, 7 W, 3.55 ERA, 1.18 WHIP.

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